{"id":68611,"date":"2013-03-14T20:29:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T11:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=68611"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:13","slug":"gsf1200-carburettor-maintenance-special-fuel-level-and-synchronization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20130314\/everyday-events\/gsf1200-carburettor-maintenance-special-fuel-level-and-synchronization","title":{"rendered":"GSF1200 Carburettor Maintenance (Special) Fuel Level and Synchronization"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-1570925755\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>This is a special edition! <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_8610725_4.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>GSF1200 Carburettor Maintenance (Special) Fuel Level and Synchronization<br \/>\nThey disassembled it themselves and wanted us to check the fuel level and synchronization. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_8610725_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>I just learned this recently! I&#8217;m pretty sure the BST36 comes in two types\u2026<br \/>\nI think this is the later model. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_8610725_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Hmm, everything looks uniform, but the actual measurements are a bit off. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_8610725_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>This part is key, so\u2026 we&#8217;re not using the factory O-rings as-is. \u2605<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll replace them. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_8610725_3.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>There was some variation, which is probably why there&#8217;s carbon buildup.<br \/>\nAfter readjusting everything, in the end only #1 came out to a different value.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s extremely tedious work and takes a lot of time. \u2605 You won&#8217;t nail it on the first try.<br \/>\n1) Initial float level measurement<br \/>\n2) Blind three and measure just one with actual fuel level<br \/>\n3) Drain the gasoline<br \/>\n4) Adjust and re-check float level<br \/>\nIt takes 30 minutes to an hour per cylinder\u2014a really tedious adjustment\u2014<br \/>\nand after adjustment, absolutely don&#8217;t touch the float arm! <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_8610725_5.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Well, well, well! <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_8610725_6.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>It&#8217;s running smooth.<br \/>\nAll done!<br \/>\nThe old blog is here. \u2605<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a special edition! &nbsp; &nbsp;GSF1200 Carburettor Maintenance (Special) Fuel Level and Synchronization They disassembled it themselves and wanted us to check the fuel level and synchronization. &nbsp; &nbsp;I just learned this recently! I&#8217;m pretty sure the BST36 comes in two types\u2026 I think this is the later model. &nbsp; &nbsp;Hmm, everything looks uniform, but the actual measurements are a bit off. &nbsp; &nbsp;This part is key, so\u2026 we&#8217;re not using the factory O-rings as-is. \u2605 We&#8217;ll replace them. &nbsp; &nbsp;There was some variation, which is probably why there&#8217;s carbon buildup. After readjusting everything, in the end only #1 came out to a different value. It&#8217;s extremely tedious work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[156,55],"class_list":["post-68611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-gsf","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}